Cao Dai Tay Ninh Church holds congress for 2017-2022 tenure

Tay Ninh (VNA) – As many as 1,500 Cao Dai dignitaries nationwide
met in the congress for 2017-2022 tenure of the Cao Dai Tay Ninh Church in the southwestern
province of Tay Ninh from December 6-9.

During 2012-2017, the church worked to bolster internal solidarity and joined
hands with relevant authorities to carry out social and charity activities. It
also instructed the followers to carry out policies of the Party and State
during the national renovation and protection.

Looking forwards the 2017-2022 period, the church will focus on strengthening
internal solidarity, working to connect with external social organisations, participating
in charitable and social activities as well as leading its followers to comply
with State regulations.

At the congress, head of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs Vu
Chien Thang hailed the church’s role in the past years, saying the church has
demonstrated its role in guiding its followers to have actively joined in local
socio-economic and cultural activities in the locality, making significant
contributions to the national construction progress.

The Vietnamese Government has persistently ensured belief and religious freedom
as well as legal religious activities of dignities and followers and been
determined to eradicate and give strict punishments to anyone who takes
advantage of religions to undermine national unity and socio-political order,
Thang stressed.

Founded in 1926 in Tay Ninh province, the Cao Dai religion worships the Divine
Eye, known as the eye of heaven and a symbol of supreme of the Cao Dai
religion. Cao Dai’s doctrine honours the Divine and the miraculous quality of
supreme spirits, and considers them as the means for human beings to unify with
God.-VNA